Benoit is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Benoit
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Latin Benedictus (= blessed), this name was popularized by two saints, Benedict of Nursia (founder of the Benedictine order) and Benedict of Aniane (reformer of the same order).

How popular is Benoit?

Despite the fact that the number of Benoit bearers increased by 6.995011 per cent in 2010 US census to 20160 since 2000, the surname slipped by 34 spots and ranked at 1775. The last name was found in around 68 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.64 85.3
Black 12.76 9.98
Hispanic or Latino 2.76 1.83
Others 1.86 1.95
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5 0.47
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.48 0.47

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Benoit
 Benoit is a name and baptismal name of widespread family, from the Latin benedictusbeni former nickname became religious name.

Benoit Namesakes

  • Adelin Benoît, Cyclist
  • Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, Author
  • Pierre Benoit, Novelist
  • Alcide Benoît, Politician
  • Aldéric-Joseph Benoit, Politician
  • Alexandria Benoit, Actor
  • Alexia Benoit, Record Producer
  • Nancy Benoit, Professional wrestler
  • Annick Benoit-Dusausoy, Author
  • Aristide Benoît Zogbo, Soccer goalkeeper

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